Science & Environment
Swimming with a ‘living fossil’
A manufactured lake at the site of the famous Woodford Folk Festival, north-west of Brisbane, is the perfect environment for some rather odd native fish.
Tag: lungfish
Wildlife
Meet 5 remarkably old animals, from a Greenland shark to a featherless, seafaring cockatoo
Some animals can live to a startlingly old age, from the famous 392-year-old “Greenland shark” to a 190-year-old tortoise in the Seychelles. Two science studies published recently brings us closer to understanding why some animal species can live for so long – far longer than humans.
News
Researchers decode Aussie lungfish genome
German and Austrian biologists say they have cracked the genetic code of the Australian lungfish, which is considered to be a “living fossil”.
Science & Environment
New brain-warp technique helps reconstruct fossil brains
To understand how some creatures evolved, you need to see how their brain developed over millions of years. That’s now possible thanks to some clever use of scanning technology.
Wildlife
Can a species last 100 million years?
Tim Low explores the significance and relevance of ‘living fossils’ such as the Australian lungfish.